Asia After Dark June 2017 | Page 27

Report s say t hat t he t hreat Wal t Di sney recei ved i s of a seri ous nat ure and si mi l ar t o t hose experi enced by ot her compani es. Net f l i x was at t acked, hackers st ol e unrel eased epi sodes of Orange i s t he New Bl ack. Net f l i x ref used t o pay a ransom and so t he hacker rel eased t he epi sodes on Pi rat e Bay f or anyone t o downl oad vi a t orrent . The most not abl e and cert ai nl y most seri ous at t ack came i n 2014. Sony Pi ct ures comput er syst em was hacked, rel easi ng t housands of document s, i ncl udi ng credi t card i nf ormat i on and ot her personal i nf ormat i on. The FBI di scl osed t he at t ack was f rom Nort h Korea and as a resul t Sony Pi ct ure' s cancel l ed t he rel ease of "The I nt ervi ew" a f i ct i onal pl ot about ki l l i ng t he Nort h Korea' s l eader , Ki m Jong- I n. Wal t Di sney wi l l need t o deal wi t h t hi s t hreat . Over hal f Wal t Di sney prof i t s come f rom medi a net works and a rel ease of an unrel eased f i l m woul d be ext remel y cost l y t o t he company.